Etymology

hagwon

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Today it means: A profit-making private school, common in South Korea. Full definition →

Korean 학원(學院)
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from학원(學院)
  2. English todayhagwon

Borrowed from Korean 학원(學院) (hagwon).

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